Last Word Podcast
Radio 4's weekly obituary programme, telling the life stories of those who have died recently
Episodes to download
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Neil Innes, Steve Sawyer, Sheila Mercier, Alasdair Gray
Fri 3 Jan 2020
Matthew Bannister on a musician, an activist, an actress, an author
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Andrew Graham-Yooll OBE, Andrea Newman, Peter Davis, Olly Croft OBE
Fri 27 Dec 2019
Julian Worricker on a journalist, a writer, an ornithologist, a darts administrator.
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Kenny Lynch OBE, Chris Moncrieff CBE, Kate Figes, Branko Lustig
Fri 20 Dec 2019
Matthew Bannister on a journalist, an author, a producer, a singer
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David Bellamy, Nell Gifford, Yasuhiro Nakasone, Mariss Jansons
Fri 13 Dec 2019
Matthew Bannister on a botanist, a circus owner, a prime minister, a conductor
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Bob Willis MBE, Gary Rhodes OBE, Dr Shuping Wang, Sir Stephen Cleobury CBE
Fri 6 Dec 2019
Matthew Bannister on a cricketer, a chef, a whistleblower, a musical director
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Sir Jonathan Miller, Field Marshal Lord Bramall, Clive James AO, CBE
Fri 29 Nov 2019
Matthew Bannister on a director, a Field Marshal, a writer
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Vladimir Bukovsky, Alison Prince, Keith Schellenberg, Robert Ponsonby
Fri 22 Nov 2019
Matthew Bannister on a dissident, a writer, a laird, a 91热爆 Controller
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Nik Powell OBE, James Le Mesurier OBE, Frank Dobson, Hazel Vincent Wallace OBE
Fri 15 Nov 2019
Matthew Bannister on a rescue worker, a businessman, an M.P., an impresario
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Gay Byrne, Sadako Ogata, Robert Evans
Fri 8 Nov 2019
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a UN High Commissioner, a film producer
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Charles Jencks, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, Irene Shubik, Raymond Leppard
Fri 1 Nov 2019
Matthew Bannister on an architecural historian, an ISIS leader, a TV producer, a conductor
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Alicia Alonso, Deborah Orr, Joyce Cansfield, Clora Bryant
Fri 25 Oct 2019
Matthew Bannister on a ballerina, a journalist, a crossword setter, a trumpeter
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Alexei Leonov, Sally Soames, Kary Mullis, Reg Watson
Fri 18 Oct 2019
Matthew Bannister on a cosmonaut, a photographer, a biochemist and a producer
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Ginger Baker, Su Beng, John Haylett, Diahann Carroll
Fri 11 Oct 2019
Matthew Bannister on an activist, a drummer, an editor and an actress.
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Jessye Norman, Peter Sissons, Al Alvarez, Marita Lorenz
Fri 4 Oct 2019
Julian Worricker on a singer, a journalist, an author, a spy.
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Jacques Chirac, Sir Michael Edwardes, Cokie Roberts, Pat Cavendish O鈥橬eill
Fri 27 Sep 2019
Julian Worricker on a politician, a business leader, a TV journalist, a racehorse trainer.
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Chester Williams, Sheikh Yusuf Motala, Jan Ruff O鈥橦erne, Ric Ocasek
Fri 20 Sep 2019
Matthew Bannister on an Islamic scholar, a rugby player, a campaigner and a rock star.
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Hans Rausing, Sir Dawda Jawara, Sue Crockford, Terrance Dicks
Fri 13 Sep 2019
Matthew Bannister on an industrialist, a president, a feminist and a writer.
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Robert Mugabe, Alla Verber, Ciaran McKeown, Bill Anderson MBE
Fri 6 Sep 2019
Matthew Bannister on a president, a fashion buyer, a peace campaigner and a sportsman.
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Lord Bell, Paule Marshall, David Koch, Richard Booth
Fri 30 Aug 2019
Matthew Bannister on a PR executive, a writer, a billionaire and a bookseller.
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Peter Fonda, Princess Christina of the Netherlands, Geoffrey Paul OBE, Jim Bouton
Fri 23 Aug 2019
Matthew Bannister on a film star, a princess, an editor and a baseball player.
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Julia Farron OBE, Nuon Chea, June Fraser, Marcel Berlins
Fri 16 Aug 2019
Julian Worricker on a politician, a dancer, a designer and a lawyer.
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Toni Morrison, Hal Prince, Dr Elizabeth Killick, Li Peng, Barrington Pheloung
Fri 9 Aug 2019
Matthew Bannister on an author, a director, an engineer, a premier and a composer.
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Russi Taylor, Beji Caid Essebsi, Jane Hubert, Iv谩n Er艖d
Fri 2 Aug 2019
Matthew Bannister on a President, a voice artist, an anthropologist and a composer.
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Andrea Camilleri, Johnny Clegg OBE, OIS, Christopher Kraft, Paul Krassner, Professor Rolf Gehlhaar
Fri 26 Jul 2019
Matthew Bannister on a writer, a singer, a space mission director, a satirist, a composer.
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Audrey Eyton, Arthur Ryan, Jack Bond, Rip Torn
Fri 19 Jul 2019
Matthew Bannister on a retailer, a diet creator, a cricketer and an actor
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Eva Kor, Christopher Booker, Jo茫o Gilberto, John McCririck
Fri 12 Jul 2019
Matthew Bannister on a holocaust survivor, a journalist, a musician and a racing pundit.
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Brenda Maddox, Ivan Cooper, Min Hogg, John Gunther Dean, Dave Bartholomew
Fri 5 Jul 2019
Matthew Bannister on a politician, an editor, a diplomat, a writer and a musician
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Dr Henry Lynch, Judith Krantz, Lord Patel of Blackburn, Anthony Hedges
Fri 28 Jun 2019
Matthew Bannister on a doctor, an author, a businessman and a composer.
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Franco Zeffirelli, Gloria Vanderbilt, Mohamed Morsi, Philomena Lynott
Fri 21 Jun 2019
Matthew Bannister on a director, a designer, a president and a hotelier.
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John Tidmarsh OBE, Sylvia Denman, Paul Darrow, Sheila Turner, Leon Redbone
Fri 14 Jun 2019
Matthew Bannister on a broadcaster, a lawyer, an actor, a campaigner and a singer.
